What Was Life Like In Ancient Rome

What was life like in ancient Rome? What did they live in? What did they do? This paper will answer those questions along with some others. This is what life was like in ancient Rome. The living situation for people in ancient Rome was different for everybody. Ordinary people lived in small houses that included a shop and workshop. The wealthier citizens lived in more comfortable and spacious homes that also had underfloor heating to keep them warm in the winter. These houses were referred to by the name domus and were a one story house with many rooms for members and slaves. They were also built around a courtyard known as an Atrium which had rooms opening out of it and no roof. The poor citizens lived in simple houses called insulae and they often contained one or two rooms with no running water. Jobs during the ancient Rome times were a lot different than they are now. Roman citizens only worked six hour days beginning at dawn and last until the afternoon. Citizens usually worked as merchants, blacksmiths,famers, or in the Roman army. After the work day is over, most citizens spend the rest of the day relaxing or watching games. Examples of these activities include gladiator competitions, chariot races,

The extremely poor and homeless would be forced to eat rancid cereal or gruel causing most of them to suffer from malnutrition. The poor people survived off the monthly allotment of grain and got their water from the public fountains. The middle classes daily diet consisted of cereals, bread, vegetables, olive oil, and mostly drank wine. Meat was so expensive to where only the rich could afford it, but the middle class sometimes got the meat remains of sacrificed animals. The rich could afford all these foods, including imported spices to give them better flavor and usually had their food served to them by their